LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Danish Steamer Svanhild
Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—On the afternoon of the 16th February the coxswainreceived a message from the coastguard that a steamer with her engines broken down, about a mile north of the Longship lighthouse, wanted help. She was the Danish...
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JUNE 5TH . - MARGATE, KENT. Six white rockets had been seen by the Barrow Deep Light-vessel, but no vessel in distress could be found. - Rewards, £18 12s.
A Motor Fishing Vessel
ILB in near gale RED FLARES SIGHTED Off WhitStable Street Buoy were reported to the honorary secretary of Whitstable ILB station by Warden Point Coastguard, Isle of Sheppey, at 2342 on Friday, February 25. In view of the bad weather...
Mr. Rowland Berkeley, Deputy Secretary of the Institution
Mr. Rowland Berkeley.
WE deeply regret to announce the sudden death on 14th October, after an operation, of Mr. Rowland Berkeley, who was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Institution at the beginning of 1923. Mr. Berkeley...
Category: Obituaries
Two Fishing Boats
Barra Island, Hebrides. At 1.30 early on the morning of the 11 th of September.
1959, the honorary secretary was in- formed that two small fishing boats, which had left Castlebay at four o'clock in the afternoon, had...
Thomas Deas
JANUARY 21ST. - PORTASKAIG , ARGYLLSHIRE. At about 10.10 P.M. the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that a trawler was ashore in the Sound of Islay. The night was dark, with an easterly gale and a rough sea. The motor life-boat Charlotte...
High Flier
High flier RNLI Governor, Barrie Simpson- Wells marked his 65th birthday with an Alpine paraglider flight for charity.
The flight from the 7,500ft Plan d'Aiguille, filmed by a camera crew with radio instructions to keep... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Boats
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 2.45 on the morning of the 18th of September, 1952, a fishing-boat skipper reported that the life-boat would be needed to escort the herring fleet into harbour.
A strong northerly wind was blowing with...
Inchworm
LOST PROPELLER Margate, Kent. At 7.7 p.m. on 9th October, 1963, the pilot office at Margate told the honorary secretary that a boat was flashing a light near Foreness Point.
The coastguard was informed of the incident, and...
Life-Boat Launches on Service During the Months June July and August 1972
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Aldeburgh, Suffolk Angle, Pembrokeshire Anstruther, Fife Appledore, North Devon Arklow, Co. Wicklow Arranmore, Co. Donegal Ballycotton, Co. Cork Baltimore, Co. Cork Barmouth, Merionethshire Barry Dock, Glamorganshire...
Category: Services